noise wrote:I would just get it setup for prototyping, figure out how to drive it, perhaps from an arduino.

From there we can just tinker with it to see what fun stuff we can make it do.

Actual speech synthesis is not required, if it can generate some glitchy goodness then all the better.

Actually this chip is only a sound generator and not a speech synthesizer. I do though also have two or three speech synth chips, the SP0256A-AL2, which was used I think in the old Speak n' Spell. A very lo-fi speech synth.

I was just at the Bloomington Goodwill last night (~Lyndale & American Blvd.) and they had a bunch of First Act 5 Pad digital drum sets for ~$30 - $35 each. I dunno if they'd be useful for circuit bending or even just playing, but they had several, and it looked like they would retail for more than the price they had.